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#8,858 All-time worldwide
#220 2004 releases

Movie profile

Against the Ropes

2004 · 106 min · Moviemakers Productions (Mmp)

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.4M
Budget $39.0M
Gross minus budget -$32.6M
ROI 0.16x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$578,930

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Against the Ropes ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,858 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #220 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Primary genre #1,671 Romance of 2,607 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#8,855 Lassie 2005 · $6.4M #8,856 Hot to Trot 1988 · $6.4M #8,857 Dream Horse 2021 · $6.4M #8,859 The Straight Story 1999 · $6.4M #8,860 Judas and the Black Messiah 2021 · $6.4M #8,861 Slackers 2002 · $6.4M

Quick answer

How did Against the Ropes (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Against the Ropes (2004) earned a reported $6.4M worldwide against a reported $39.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$32.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.16x. In this database it currently ranks #8,858 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #220 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,432,551
Budget
$39,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$32,567,449
ROI
0.16x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 20, 2004
Production
Moviemakers Productions (MMP), Paramount Pictures, Cort/Madden Productions
Countries
DE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Against the Ropes is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Moviemakers Productions (MMP). Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.4M, reported production budget is $39.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$32.6M, ROI is 0.16x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,858 all-time in the current chart set and #220 among 2004 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.